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Ensuring Progress: Oversight of Watershed Implementation Plans and 2-Year Milestones. U.S. EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Office June 1, 2012. Chesapeake Bay TMDL Based on 7 Watershed Implementation Plans. Taking It to the Streets : Phase II WIPs. Increase awareness - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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U.S. EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Office
June 1, 2012
Ensuring Progress:Oversight of Watershed Implementation Plans and 2-
Year Milestones
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Chesapeake Bay TMDL Based on 7 Watershed Implementation Plans
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Taking It to the Streets: Phase II WIPs
• Increase awareness
• Modify strategies for greater benefits to communities
• Opportunity to strengthen long-term strategies
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Assumes Upfront Program-Building and Future ReductionsAssumes Constant Reduction Over TimeAssumes Upfront Low-Hanging Fruit and More Difficult Future Reductions
Interim Target: 60% by
2017
Two-Year Milestones
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Select Highlights
• Delaware: Commitment to address CAFO permit backlog. Stormwater: provided information on compliance monitoring and new regulations.
• District of Columbia: Significant engagement with federal agencies
• Maryland: Recent legislation to increase funding for POTWs, stormwater, and septic systems. Schedule to reissue MS4 permits with provisions to implement WIP strategies.
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• Pennsylvania: Increasing compliance with existing agricultural programs. Guidance and training on Chesapeake Bay Pollutant Reduction Plans.
• Virginia: Detailed strategy for Resource Management Program. Commitment to finalize agreement in response to stormwater assessment.
• West Virginia: Agricultural strategies based on farmer feedback. Schedule for reissuing Construction General Permit.
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EPA Oversight of WIPs• EPA will monitor progress in all states and source sectors. (ongoing
oversight)• · Some sectors will require closer monitoring by EPA
(enhanced oversight):• o PA and WV agriculture strategies• o PA trading programo VA stormwater program• o The WIPs do not fully explain how these strategies will meet
pollution reduction goals.
• PA’s stormwater program will require detailed scrutiny (backstop action) to address shortcomings, and EPA is prepared to take steps to ensure progress continues in this sector.
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Shifting Focus from Planning to Implementation
• Turning plans into on the ground actions
• All practices in place by 2025
• 60% by 2017
• Near term actions to support long-term success
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Overseeing Progress• Interim and final reports to
Executive Council on milestone progress
• Quarterly oversight discussions
• Goals:No surprisesWork together to address
issues early
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Informing Ongoing EPA Activities
• Aligning grant work plans with WIP and milestone priorities
• Transparent tracking tools
• Permit reviews• Program assessments
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So We Can Have Less of This…
And More of This…
Jim EdwardDeputy Director
U.S. EPA Chesapeake Bay [email protected]
www.epa.gov/chesapeakebaytmdlhttp://stat.chesapeakebay.net/